And Still They Come: Recent Arrivals at the Light Sheet

 Recent extended periods of rain have probably contributed to the large numbers of insects that are coming to our light sheet. The rainy period seems to be responsible for some insect populations to have produced abnormally large numbers of individuals.

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Webber's Caedicia Caedicia webberi

Kuranda Bush Katydid Ozphyllum kuranda

The Eumundi, Leucopodoptera eumundii male in defensive position

The Eumundi, Leucopodoptera eumundii male

Purple-winged Katytid, Kurandoptera purpura female

Greenes' Katydid Greenagraecia attenuata male

Ingrisch's Olive-green Katytdid Ingrischagraecia iterika male

Big-headed Raspy Cricket Chauliogryllacris acaropenates

Small Mediastinia Mediastinia australica 

Rosenbergia megalocephala

Rosenbergia drouini a rarity!

Rentz's Buzzer Aesa rentzi

Elephant-nosed weevil

Noctuidae Cyclodes spectans

Noctuidae Donuca rubropicta

Noctuidae Hulodes caranea

Noctuidae Ischyja sp

Crambid moths responsible for stripping Alstonia trees in the Kuranda region. Stemorrhages amphitritalis

Stalk-headed Fly Achias sp

An icon of tropical Australia

Rainbow Stag Beetle Female Phalacrognathus muelleri 

Janson's Stag Beetle Aegus jansoni

Spring Katydids

Even though we have had a very dry winter, insects have been developing. All of these katydids hatched from eggs during winter and are now adult. We have a nice variety in the rainforest in Kuranda.

Caedicia kuranda Rentz, Su, Ueshima

 Phricta spinosa Redtenbacher, spiny thorax bearing a mite

  Phricta spinosa Redtenbacher, young nymph

 Acauloplacella queenslandica Rentz, Su, Ueshima male

 Acauloplacella queenslandica Rentz, Su, Ueshima male head pronotum and stridulatory area

  Acauloplacella queenslandica Rentz, Su, Ueshima male nymph

 Caedicia webberi Rentz, Su, Ueshima

  Caedicia webberi Rentz, Su, Ueshima

Zaprochilus mongabarra Rentz, female at rest

 Zaprochilus mongabarra Rentz female, head and pronotum

 Currimundria delicata Rentz, Su, Ueshima female

 Currimundria delicata Rentz, Su, Ueshima female head pronotum

 Ozphyllum kuranda Rentz, Su, Ueshima male

  Ozphyllum kuranda Rentz, Su, Ueshima male, head pronotum

Chloracantha lampra Rehn male